Ok, if you were me and you could only have one board and you only surfed 2-5ft beach breaks and you had to choose from the below what would it be? Dominator 6ft, Spitfire 6ft, Unibrow 6'2, Potatonator 5'10 which would it be, keep in mind i'm a 85kg Intermediate 34 year old surfer!

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I have a 6'3" El Fuego. Wanting some more performance when it gets bigger, but love how it performs in smaller surf. I am thinking the Unibrow would be a good compliment.
I am 6'1" @ 200lbs, 41yrs old and a decent surfer.

Should I go for the 6'2" or 6'4" Uni? What am i giving up/ gaining by choosing either option?

I have a 6'3" El Fuego. Wanting some more performance when it gets bigger, but love how it performs in smaller surf. I am thinking the Unibrow would be a good compliment. I am 6'1" @ 200lbs, 41yrs old and a decent surfer. Should I go for the 6'2" or 6'4" Uni? What am i giving up/ gaining by choosing either option?

I'm 47 and 200lbs and surf the 6'4". I "could" go the 6'2" but it'd be a lot more work. The 6'2" might work as a more purely good wave board, but giving up a fair bit of grovel. For my tastes the UB is the best all round board in the FireWire range.

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I don't pay an awful lot of attention to it to be honest. I personally think the new calculator is less useful than the old simple chart based on beginner, intermediate and advanced with + or - for fitness skill and age. I think the calculator over adjusts for age. What I can say is I find my optimum volume to be between 35 and 42 litres with me 200lbs and 47 with reasonable fitness but not exceptional. So if you're 28 lbs heavier, which I think is around 12kg, I'd put you on a board 2-3 lengths up from mine. So that would be 6'8" to 6'10". If you are young and/or exceptionally fit maybe you could go a 6'6" but for most people that would be too small. So I'd suggest 6'8" if you're reasonably competent and surfing 2 or more days a week. If the surfing is more infrequent the 6'10" might be the go.

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I think you can ride the Unibrow a little longer even in small waves. Mine is 6'6" and I'm fairly long in the tooth and 90kgs + or - a few beers and mine works in 1 to 6 foot. I've just seen a 7' Unibrow and although 3" thick it still has fine rails and a thin tail due to domed deck. They are a beautifully designed board in timber or FST and don't seem to have the wide arse of many hybrids (although measurements say they do). I surf most days and it is a very competitive spot so over 45 foam is your friend and equaliser. Remember if you can't catch them it is pointless how loose the board is. And the unibrow loves to turn short and sharp!!!

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Alright I'm looking at getting one of these unibrows but can't decide on what size to get. I'm 87-90kgs fit an young and thinking the 5'11 or 6'0 I was riding a 6'0 Dom the other week in some powerful 4ft waves and felt way to big. I reckon the 6" UB would do the trick but the more I keep reading threads about sizing the more harder it is to make my bloody mind up :p